Farthest Frontier News

We are now approaching the 6 month mark of Early Access, so we think it’s prudent to give you guys an update on where we are and where things are headed!

As always, we wish to thank you all for being a part of development with us. Your feedback and bug reports are invaluable and are helping shape the direction of the game. It is not an exaggeration that the feedback you share with us has a direct impact on our development priorities.



Since our last State of Early Access update, the game has seen 2 major updates. With v0.8.0, you gained access to new decoration and entertainment options, an entirely new system for setting production limits on your resources, major updates to AI behavior, and too many quality of life changes to list here. With v0.8.1, we got more technical as we focused almost entirely on improving performance across the board. We’re pleased to see many reports of significantly improved framerates, especially for larger towns!

Needless to say, there is still a lot we want to add to the game, and there is still a lot we can do to improve performance. So let’s take a look at what’s in store for Farthest Frontier in the next few updates, starting with v0.8.2!

Note: everything you read here is a preview and is subject to change before release. This is not an all-encompassing list of changes and features we are planning for the game before v1.0.

See our latest preview for Farthest Frontier on the official forum.

Pleased to announce that our latest improvements to the game are now live with v0.8.1!

This update was focused almost exclusively on improving performance and addressing a number of reported bugs. With our first optimization pass, you can look forward to better framerates in towns of all sizes.



We hope you enjoy, and stay tuned for what's in store next!

For the full list of changes, stop by the forum.

UPDATE: we have now also pushed hotfix v0.8.1a to address a couple critical issues. If you are still having crashing issues after this hotfix and are using mods, please try disabling melonloader + mods and see if the issue persists.

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We are pleased to announce that v0.8.0, Farthest Frontier's first major update, is now live!

This is a massive addition to the game, with an extensive list of new buildings, features, quality of life improvements, and bug fixes.

Some of the highlights:

• Production Limits can now be set from within the Resource Window and/or from building windows.
  
• Many of the game's systems and windows have been updated with tutorials.
  
• Beautify your towns with a series of all new decorative and entertainment buildings! Enjoy Festival Poles, Ornamental Trees, Flower Urns, Bench Plazas, new Fence types and more!
  
• Houses now have a detailed Desirability bar that shows progress towards housing tiers.
  
• Villager AI has received numerous upgrades that will make them more efficient and intelligent at performing their tasks while also reducing frustrating instances of them stopping mid-task or dropping items all over town.
  
• Building Windows now feature a new button to mark a building for top priority repairs.
  

We hope you enjoy these major additions and are excited for what's still to come!

For the full list of changes, stop by the forum.